(via the BBC): Thai cops punished by Hello Kitty.

Police chiefs in the Thai capital, Bangkok, have come up with a new way of punishing officers who break the rules - an eye-catching Hello Kitty armband.

The armband is large, bright pink and has a Hello Kitty motif with two hearts embroidered on it.

From today, officers who are late, park in the wrong place or commit other minor transgressions will have to wear it for several days.

The armband is designed to shame the wearer, police officials said.

“This is to help build discipline. We should not let small offences go unnoticed,” Police Colonel Pongpat Chayapan told Reuters news agency.

“Guilty officers will be made to wear the armbands in the office for a few days, with instructions not to disclose their offences. Let people guess what they have done,” he said.
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Oh dear lord this is pure genius! Shame the cops by making them wear Hello Kitty arm bands! Do the really rebel cops have to wear Badtz Maru arm bands as well? Maybe a Chococat helmet! Or My Melody gloves!

What about the Thai cops who love Hello Kitty? Will they misbehave in order to get in trouble and get the arm band for free? Will we see black market Thai arm band sales on ebay? Of course we will, duh.

But will you by one? Of course you will, duh.

Anyway, yeah, I just… wow. Look at the guy in the picture. He loves the arm band. He doesn’t fool me. Neither do you.